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Written question asked by Jim Cousins (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 April 2010. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.


Investment Income

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) total monetary value of and (b) proportion of net investment income in the UK balance of payments has been in each year since 2006.
Answer

Official estimates of the current account, including net investment income are available from the Office for National Statistics.The information requested is as follows:

Net investment income
£ billion Percentage of current account flows
2006 9.6 15.2
2007 20.1 26.2
2008 30.2 36.7
2009 28.7 37.8

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1379W; 325711
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Investment income
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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